Note: Recorded during the Working On A Dream sessions, but not released on the album. Video was streamed on brucespringsteen.net in October 2008, and was included on the bonus DVD of the Deluxe version of the Album. The audio was finally released as a limited edition 7-inch b-side to "What Love Can Do" on April 18, 2009.
| GOOD EYE - V1 |
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uncirculating |
| GOOD EYE - V2 |
3:01 |
DREAM |
Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic and demoed before sessions completed, completed 2008.
| KINGDOM OF DAYS |
4:02 |
DREAM |
Note: Eddie Horst contributes a string and horn arrangement.
| LIFE ITSELF - V1 |
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uncirculating |
| LIFE ITSELF - V2 |
4:00 |
DREAM |
Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic, and demoed before sessions completed.
| MY LUCKY DAY - V1 |
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uncirculating |
| MY LUCKY DAY - V2 |
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| MY LUCKY DAY - V3 |
4:01 |
DREAM / ESSENTIAL: 2015 |
Note: Written in June, 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic, and demoed before sessions completed. Album version completed in summer 2008, and single released November 28, 2008. One of two songs, along with "Born To Run", that was made available as downloadable content for the video game Guitar Hero World Tour on January 29, 2009.
Note: Features Soozie Tyrell on violin, Patrick Warren on organ, and strings and horns arranged by Eddie Horst. The song was adapted into a book by Springsteen and illustrator Frank Caruso and published on November 4, 2014.
| QUEEN OF THE SUPERMARKET |
4:40 |
DREAM |
Note:
| SURPRISE, SURPRISE |
3:24 |
DREAM |
Note: Eddie Horst contributes a string and horn arrangement.
| THE LAST CARNIVAL |
3:11 |
DREAM |
Note: Jason Federici (Danny's son) contributes accordion.
Note: Written at the request of Mickey Rourke for his film The Wrestler, debuted August 2008 at the Venice International Film Festival. Features Springsteen on all instruments. V1a is the version included on the Working On A Dream album, released as a single December 16, 2008. V1b is on a US-only 1-track promotional CDR in slimline jewel case without artwork, issued exclusively to Academy Award voters by film distributors "Fox Searchlight Pictures" for consideration in the "Best Original Song" category. This rare disc exclusively contains the full, unedited 5:20 version with longer intro and intact piano coda, which was omitted for the song's widespread release as a "bonus track" on the album. Some copies feature a misprint of "For Your Consiceration".
| THIS LIFE - V1 |
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| THIS LIFE - V2 |
4:30 |
DREAM |
Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic and demoed before sessions completed. Features Patrick Warren on piano.
| TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS - V1 |
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| TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS - V2 |
2:14 |
DREAM |
Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic and demoed before sessions completed. Features Patrick Warren on keyboards, as well as a string and horn arrangement by Eddie Horst.
| WHAT LOVE CAN DO - V1 |
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| WHAT LOVE CAN DO - V2 |
2:57 |
DREAM |
Note: The first song written for Working On A Dream, in June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic. A demo was recorded before the Magic sessions were over, and the song was completed in summer 2008. Released as a single April 18, 2009 to commemorate the 2009 "Record Store Day" (an annual campaign supporting independent record dealers), limited to 2,500 copies.
Note: Premiered November 2, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio at a Barack Obama election rally, and released November 21 as Working On A Dream's first single. Winner of the 2010 Grammy Award for "Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance".
